Cappex College Blog

We are set to announce the last four winners of our April-deadline college scholarships. Many thanks go to all of the talented applicants that made decision making so difficult. Also, thanks to all the patient folks who waited for us to post all the names.

Here they are:

Justin S. of Lawton, Okla., is the winner of the $2,000 Cappex Design Scholarship.

Breanne L. of Sanford, N.C., is the winner of the $1,000 Cappex Design Scholarship.

Josiah H. of Honolulu, Hawaii., is the winner of the $1,000 Cappex Video Game Design Scholarship.

Marjorie B. of Palmdale, Calif., is the winner of the $1,000 Cappex Criminal Justice Scholarship.

Congratulations to all the winners and good luck in your college careers!

The college scholarship winners keep rolling in. Many congratulations go out to our next group of winners. They’ve all done lots of hard work to get where they are.

Doug V. of Yorkville, Ohio, is the winner of the $1,000 Cappex Business Careers Scholarship.

Jessica C. of Haskell, Okla., is the winner of the $2,000 Cappex Culinary Arts Scholarship.

Abigail B. of Elgin, S.C., is the winner of the $1,000 Cappex Culinary Arts Scholarship.

Ronak B. of West Cheste, Ohio, is the winner of the $1,000 Cappex Computer Careers Scholarship.

Congratulations everyone! We’ll announce the rest of the winners tomorrow.

As promised, we have lots of college scholarship winners to announce. Because we have so many awards to pass out, 12 to be exact, the winners will be announced here over the next three days.

The first group of Cappex college scholarship winners are:

Lauren C. of Whiting, N.J., is the winner of the $1,000 Cappex Health Scholarship

Eboni M. of Temecula, Calif., is the winner of the $1,000 Cappex Fashion Scholarship

Leanna G. of San Juan, Texas is the winner of the $1,000 Cappex Photography Scholarship.

Jessica H. of Knoxville, Tenn., is the winner of the $1,000 Cappex Digital Media Production Scholarship.

Congratulations to Lauren, Eboni, Ronack and Jessica. We’ll be back tomorrow with four more winners.

Judging from the recent comments, everyone wants to know who is taking home a Cappex college scholarship. For all of the April deadline scholarships, we chose our finalists and are now carefully reviewing all of the student profiles. Lots of fantastic students applied for the awards. The winners of the April deadline scholarships will be announced next week on the blog.

Thanks for your patience. Stay tuned!

April was a huge month for scholarships deadlines which means this month we have lots of awards to hand out. In all, we will have 13 scholarship winners to announce, including those students taking home the following scholarships:

• Fashion Design Scholarship
• Business Careers Scholarship
• Health Careers Scholarship
• Photography Majors Scholarship
• Criminal Justice Careers Scholarship
• Video Game Design and Development Scholarship
• Computer Careers Scholarship
• Digital Media Production Scholarship
• Cappex Culinary Arts Scholarships
• Cappex Design Scholarships
• College Tour Scholarship (April)

With so many scholarships, and so many great applicants, we need a little more time to sort through everything and select the winners. We will announce the scholarship winners right here by the end of the month. Stay tuned!

Over the last year, we’ve posted lots of helpful advice, tips and hints to help you get into the right college on Cappex. We recently brought you key activities to help you manage your college search with Cappex.com/tips. Now, we’re bringing you a library of college admissions articles providing you in-depth information.

At Cappex.com/resources we’ve created a collection of advice, lists and college insights. These articles cover every aspect of your college search. We explain admissions policies, help you plan your college visits and even give you inside advice on how to pay for college. You will find college lists that make it easy to find the most affordable private and public colleges in the country or look for colleges in your region.

All the articles give you the straight truth about college admissions. It’s the information you deserve in a way that’s easy to read. Check out the info we have up now, and then keep visiting. We’ll be adding new articles regularly.

The weekends are getting warmer and sunnier and ripe for a roadtrip to visit some college campuses. Why not let your next college visit be covered by Cappex? We’re giving away another Cappex College Tour Scholarship this month, so make sure you apply.

We are pleased to announce that Christina H. from Ventura, Calif., is the winner of the College Tour Scholarship for March. She will receive $500 to help her visit prospective colleges. Christina loves the arts, and we love that she gets out in her community to share her passion. If you’ve got a talent, don’t just use it in high school. Get out and influence your world!

Congrats Christina! Don’t forget: April 30 is the deadline for the next College Travel Scholarship. Apply today!

College letters of acceptance and denial are starting to float. Today’s Chicago Tribune even publishes some actual rejection letters sent out by colleges. They all try to be pleasant, some even oddly complimentary, but fancy words can be of little comfort when you get what amounts to a big “No.”

Don’t let these letters get you down. Remember: More than 70 percent of colleges accept more than 70 percent of students. There is a college out there for you. Take for example this story we heard from a counselor, about a student who was without an acceptance in mid-May of last year:

“Last year I had a senior that was still without a college acceptance in mid-May. I suggested Cappex.com and two weeks later she had three offers and accepted one that she and her family were very excited about.”

So if your rejection letters have you worried, keep checking back on Cappex. Colleges, especially those with rolling admissions, may still be contacting you in the Cappex message center. Log-in to see which colleges want you.

If you have been accepted to one or more of your college choices, let us know! Share your accomplishments! We’d love to hear which schools have earned your attendance.

We received lots of touching and interesting essays and letters from folks applying for the Cappex Hardship Scholarship. It’s safe to say that Cappex students are a resilient, persistent group. Our $2,000 scholarship winner distinguished herself with her great perspective. “There are positives from every hardship,” she writes.

That outlook will take anyone a long way. Wherever you’re headed there will be hurdles to overcome.

And our winner didn’t simply make it through high school. She’s excelled. She has a 4.0 GPA, was junior class president and is a mentor to younger teens. Outstanding!

Because of what she’s done, we’re happy to award Amy S. all the way out in Anchorage, Alaska our Hardship Scholarship. Congrats Amy!

Time and time again, students told us that the most critical part of finding and choosing the right college is the visit. But visiting colleges can get costly, so last fall Cappex created the College Travel Scholarship to help students visit potential colleges. It’s been a huge success with 14 students taking home awards that they can take on the road.

Now Cappex is doubling the money for the award. And we are pleased to announce the first winner of the $500 College Travel Scholarship is Elizabeth H. from Ringgold, Ga.

Congratulations Elizabeth! Everyone else stay tuned. We’ll be giving out a College Travel Scholarship each month.